Student interview for Place-Based WAC/WID writing instruction in Urban and Regional Planning, clip 14 of 15

Abstract

Brief excerpt from interview: [Learning to outline] happened in college for sure. Throughout high school and college, every teacher has taught you how to outline. For me, that really hit home I think. Probably the semester before last (Spring 2013), I did a semester abroad in Australia. I took some classes that require huge papers – viral impact assessment, assessment, term paper, sustainable communities -16 page papers. There’s no way I can do this without planning. Sometimes I would get an Ipod and just start writing, and it would come out but with things this big, you can’t do that . . . I was kind of forced to do it and I saw the benefit in that, so since then even if it was a 3 page paper it’s so easy – you get that outline out.